The typo by the uploader makes the idiocracy of the entire thing hilarious.

what type-o?


edit: Oh, the youtube uploader.

aaaaaaaand fired.

The physical part was over the top, otherwise I wouldn't really have an issue with it.

I think the guy was mad at the clothes his department was making him wear.

"Is that camera on? I better not find myself on....click" Priceless.

Actually you can hear him just barely start to say "youtube."

Also, I pity for Alex's childhood if he doesn't have a problem beyond the physical assault. Saying "dude" and "I didn't do anything" when you didn't do anything doesn't qualify as backtalk.

Everything this officer did from the second word out of his mouth would be 10 steps over the line if he was interacting with a drug lord.

Also when I saw this was about cops I thought you were going to link to this video, which I heard being talked about on the radio this morning.

The "dude" part is debatable, but the "I didn't do anything" part? Clearly he did do something or the officer wouldn't have been talking to him in the first place. If the kid would've just said, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you the first time, we won't skateboard here." then the whole thing probably would've been over. Instead the kid was acting the fool, and I'm willing to bet he knew the camera was running the whole time.

Well, they were skateboarding where they weren't supposed to be, that's hardly a federal crime and didn't need to go anywhere beyond, "Sorry fellas, you guys can't skate here." He didn't do anything to warrant the officer angrily stomping over there, getting in his face, or anything that followed. He didn't backtalk, he didn't "get defensive" other then to slightly tersely answer "Yea" the 700th time Officer Powertrip asked him if he could hear him, which was immediately followed up buy the officer talking about throwing him in freakin' Juvenile Hall.

clearly you are wrong:

"I'm not Dude! I'm not Man! I am Officer Riveriarie"

Ok, so the reporter said he was Quadriplegic... yet he drives, wheels his own chair, and does other things with his hands... doesn't that mean... oh nevermind, thought I knew something for a moment.

Also, as far as "I didn't do anything"- they may have been skating in a no skating zone. That's all I could tell from the cop's "argument."

I don't like dumbass kids, but from what I could see they deserved about none of it. Maybe a little bit of "Hey- you kids there. There's no skating here." and escalating as needed, but they were pretty compliant.

I just wiki-ed it myself. I know know...

... And knowing is half the battle.

Someone give me a turd for being ignorant.

Thanks for pointing out my mistake, now I'll live longer.

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Ha, funny. I like the Pluto one the best, I think. If you made a shirt that said "I listen to wussy music," I'll buy one.

I did like the Pluto one the best as well.

That cop's going to call your mom and ask her what kind of kid she raised. Disrespectin' cops like that. Fie on thee!

doesnt the kid say he had headphones in and couldnt hear him in the beginning? I cant watch the video again because i am at work

As far as I can tell: It starts off with a different kid saying "I tried to tell him, but he had his earphones in." At which point the officer starts talking to the "star" of the video, though it isn't clear which one he's talking to, so he takes the non response as "attitude."

The only thing that could be construed as outright "sass" was the kid's "I don't have a father" remark, which for all we know, could be true. (Note he doesn't say "I'm calling my parents/dad" after the officer tackles him Nick Barnett style, then pushes him down again after he tries getting up.)

The bottom line is the kids posed no threat, they didn't disobey, or even really disrespect him, and even if the officer's 9th rendition of "Can you hear me now?" was responded to with "No, but your mother was awfully quiet in bed last night, maybe it runs in the family" the situation wouldn't have called for what transpired.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330501,00.html

He was "suspended," which I guess means he gets a desk job and still gets paid.

They told you so- "Rivieri is confined to administrative work on his suspension with pay."

I didn't say "which I'd guess" I said "which I guess" as in "he's 'suspended' but I guess in Police land suspension means you keep working and we keep paying you."

By the way, someone already bought http://stopcallingmedude.com/

By the way, it's not like I think this dude is Hitler, or he deserves to have his life ruined, or even necessarily that he deserves to lose his job. He just has no excuse for how he handled this situation.

You can move this if you want, but, five theoretical nuts to Carlos for changing his damn picture. That thing has always given me the creeps.

From the article: "Rivieri was suspended until an internal investigation is complete".

I think this is pretty standard in these situations. You get suspended with pay, they investigate and then you get cleared/fired/suspended without pay/etc. If they do it any other way, then the dept. is just opening itself up for trouble with the union/lawsuits.

A dude is someone who works on a ranch!

To President Bush: How you doin', Dude?

(no disrespect, he works on a Ranch when he takes his vacations)

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